Rail-anchor



'Oct. 12,1926. 1,603,163

7 J. R. STEEILE RAIL ANCHOR Filed Feb. 16, 1926 2 SJpeets-Sheet l 1 holes in the tie-platen T heterniftiei platei Patented Oct, 12,1926;

E "R1SIEEESTP Q QW E Q I This invention 'r e-l ates to anchors, o-rianticreepers asr-; tl:iey are-valso called, and;: the; ob ject is lt'o; provide? an exceedihgly simple -jan cl-linexpensivei and-waft j' the sa'meftime, espe eitfcctive andach vantageonsw and: easily applied-device made to grip one," side v flange only; of;the-rail.

. Figf3 is? a transverses vertical sectio-n F igi lisia srcle'rviewsoj thera1l-ancl1or:1n its normal COIldllJlOIll befo-r'e r apphcatron to the rela Fig: '6' is: {an endixview 0e tl IG QBVlCQ-Zin The letter: a designates ral lroadrail,

my 6;. bthe flanges.- of its base; Thevrail restswrpon familiar tie-plater;a; which? 1sspiked} opposite sides; of T the: rail" to "the tie,.lby'; spikesid, and' d" passingythnough isT-usech in J this-1 specification inthe customary" sense, meaning-: a: :plate lihe' bearing.

member ofiany of n th'e'r 1mm 01' suitable forms such; as,- ifor 'exampl-e; that ilhistiratecl,

intervening: between: the rail. and: the weed, or,-i.-possi-lbly, composition-mica flieirailz-ancher; in: the? simplest?v and most advantageous form now known to; :meg: eon.- sists: 0455 a suhstaiitialiyfl flat; nanrow bar 2 of o'ili-treatedr-is 'orihg' steeh; havingi integral lateraili'extensionsore-ears"at? 'itsopposite v v I i v The sha nks of the spikesd which fasten en al'sior 9 remote? portionathese ears: being formecl approximately t'ofi't over" and the outer portion of tlieflange. TherVerea serveth eiffurtherpurposewoffi"backing upjthe v V tical ctimensibnsi: of the olienimgs" of the jaws are, preferably 'J s1ichl that: the j aws are sprung :or: spreadi ope'nxslightly" driving or'- forcingythem ontothe? flange-,r blitz not beyond the e'laastiei lilmit; 'In' achlitionf-to,

or: 'inuthe absence-i "s11 ch tensiona-h gripping cap aclty of: theq awe, themselves; an "lnipfor tantntensional .grip is-io'lvtained hyfivirtue of astraining-I1 o-iffth'e body of; the bar of the anchor; in J application; to} th'e' rail, as'iwill be: hereinafter described; i

3 are so spaced, that when the'tlevice is in betiveeii the jaws Fig; 5iisfarbottomrevi'ew of thensamcj ancl' Contact d:= a1 1tt rearward, edges of the tier furthermore saicll lowerqnien bers- 5 referahly; not lower than the tie-plate,

aPnclJowe-r jme in-bers; 5: of tlflejaws; are-in V mtlnioriacl acent 00,-; theopposite,

as toi accommodated;between the {tie antlth-e raihiwi-t'hou't injhry to the tieL-i, The tie=plate ir0t the tie constitntesi the ahi'it v 111M143:'f01?-=-'tlflflflil ElHGllOM, and the invention,

by I verysimple means,-1nakes; it possible, to (utilize the? tie plate as? at double abutment, against movement either forward or back-of the rail. The doubleabutirient relatiorr need not and indeed: should not, be too close however, as expansion anclqsoine slight; play should be al-loweclflfoi ;ghencethe: spacing h is? slightly greater than the wi'slth of theaplate. 1 M

V H Int appfi-lji'hg: the ra-ih-anchor'" tov theurail, the'gjaw 3: 1 -hrstiappl-ied toorwdrivem0nto thefontci railkzflan ge It: Will he noteclizthat thejhaigr manufacture; is given a trans;' verse bend 1n the'verti'cal sense; the, locus :of the bend-i being preferably} near the gaW 33% -sof that. when F this: j aw" 'is fi'rst applied the j-aWf- 3 is elevated 1' out of line; somewhat clitio'n'; on alternately, the ba'rgiven-- a twist about a longitudinal axis; relatively rotatingxtther jaws out? of line; @onsequent- 1y; to'co'mpl-ete:thei:application 10f the rail- 1 v lancho'r' i H 1s: necessary to: bend fthe; bar clowvm and! twist it against its I'GSI lJGDt set,' but not i beyond: ltS elastic hmat; in order ti'onal'aan'chteinsionalegrip of the'anchor ontll'efla'llISROhhEL'IDQClZ; r

anchor-to(prevent; it Working: laterallyoff the; Tally, flange un clen Vibration 01* other forces:

" 3A9 mail? thesei iiailarich-ors: will be the ra-il'r pass immediately? at the outerside applied as: are necessary to holdthe creepv either Without overloading [the r spikes.

(Diving tO theZsimple'qahclfiinexpensive nagv time" ofithe v dem'ceirniore" Of them can" be used i;fad esir'ecl. tlian 0% raikanchors now on the market, ithout greaterg i or" as'vgreat',

cost or m; orIFasmiuch; l'a'h'o-r in installation'. and maintenance f The 1 costout both position on the rai-l flange, the backs L mammfactuireramcl:mairitenance -isilow; Firm for all that are in actual use as far as 1 am aware; and, when the tie is'of the post variety, it does not afford an advane tageous abutment for such anchors. Furthermore, ties may be narrower than the tie-plates, so that the tie-plates project beyond the tops of the ties, in which event a satisfactor; abutment is not afforded for ordinary rail-anchors; such a condition, however, being entirely suitable for this device.

What I claim as new is:

1. A rail-anchor constructed to be applied to one side flange of a rail'so as to straddle a tie-plate in double abutment relation to such plate, substantially as set forth. r

2. A rail-anchor constructed to be applied to one side flange of a rail in frictional and tensional engagement therewith, and to straddle a tie-plate in double abutment relation to such plate, substantially as set forth.

3. A rail-anchor constructed to be applied to one side flange of a rail in frictional and t'ension'al engagement therewith, and to cooperate in abutment with the tie-plate between the rail and thetie, substantially as set forth. 7 V p at. A rail-anchor which is applied to one side flange of a rail, said rail-anchor having jaws spaced and adapted to grip said railflange at opposite sides of a tie-plate and to cooperate with said plate in double abutment, substantially as set forth.

5. A rail-anchor which is applied to one side-flange of a rail, said rail-anchor comprising a onepiece spring member having jaws spaced and adapted to grip said railflange at opposite sides of a tie-plate and to cooperate with said plate in double abutment, substantially as set forth.

6. A rail-anchor which is applied to one side flange of a rail, said rail-anchor comprising a longitudinal bar member having jaws spaced and adapted to grip said railflange at opposite sides of a tie-plate constituting the abutment for the rail-anchor, the member being made so that the jaws are out of alinement before application'involving a distortion in application producing'a tensional grip on the rail flange, substantially as set forth.

7 A rail-anchor whieh is applied to one side flange of a rail, said rail-anchor comprising a longitudinal bar member having bent jaws on its remote portions spaced and adapted to grip the rail flange at opposite sides of the tie-plate with which to co -operate as the abutment, said bar as made being distorted to compel a tensional grip on the rail flange, substantially as set forth.

v8. A rail-anchor which is applied to one side flange: of a rail, said rail-anchor comprising a. longitudinal bar member having jaws spaced and adaptedto grip the railflange at opposite side's-ofthe tie-plate with which to cooperate'as the abutment, said bar member as made being bent laterally in the vertical sense. so that when one is engaged with the rail-flange the member must be sprung against its resilience to engage the other jaw with the railflange, substantially as set forth. v

9. A rail-anchor which is applied to one side flange of a raiL said rail-anchor comprising a longitudinal bar member having jaws spaced and adapted togrip the rail flange at opposite sides of the tie-plate with which to cooperate as the abutment,'s'aid bar member as made having a longitudinal twist rotating the aws out of line, substantially asset forth.

10. A rail-anchor which is applied to one side flange of a rail, said raileanchor comprising a longitudinal bar member having jaws spaced and adapted to grip the rail flange at opposite sides'of the tie-plate with which to cooperate as the abutment, said bar member as made, having both a longitudinal H twist. and a lateral bend in the vertical sense, substantially asset forth.

11. A rail-anchor which is applied to one side flange of a rail, said rail-anchor comprising a longitudinal resilient .member adapted to overlie one side flange of a rail and having spaced lntegral portions re-bent under the bar so as to grip the rall-fiange at opposite sides of-the tie-plate, substantially as set forth.

12. Thecombinationwith a rail and a tie plate spiked to a tie, of a. device of the character described *having spaced portions in gripping engagement with one side flange of a rail and in abutment relation to opposite edges of the tie-plate, substantially as set forth.

18. The combinationwith a rail, a tie-plate and a spike, of a device of the character described having spaced portions in gripping engagement with one side flange of a rail and in abutment relationto opposite edgesv of the tie-plate, and backed up atthe side away from the rail by said'spilte.

14. The combination with a ra1l anda tie- 7 plate, of a longitudinal distorted resilient bar member having spaced portions adapted to grip one side flange of the rail and to cooperate with the tie-plate as an abutment.

JAMES R. STEELE. 

